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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. If a letter or payment is important enough, walk it into a USPS location. Outdoor, standalone drop boxes are targets. And not just with checks. Thieves take everything and most likely discard letters that offer them zero value. for the OP, if you think the theft occurred at a postal box/site, you need to file the complaint with the US postal inspection service. I would be surprised if local cops care or will follow up with letter theft even when it involves money. This situation happened to me, and the bank refunded all of the money, maybe because the thief deposited the check into another bank. Local cops didn't even care that I could tell them the bank account # of the thief. Seemed like an open and shut case to me.
  2. Police need to be more Andy Griffith and less Robo Cop. Not one of them should be armed at this point. Have a nearby vehicle with weapons, in case it's needed. Also tactical gear should not come in Extra Short XXL.
  3. That's strange. None of the 5 blurred photos look like Boebert.
  4. Out of curiosity, would the complexion of the Latino, saying this word, impact your reaction. Some Latinos have dark skin and others lighter. Comedians like Tom Segura and Louis CK are both Latino but look like they’re Irish due to mixed heritage. as a white guy, I stay far far away from any non-African American using the word. Honesty I’m not a fan of hearing anyone use it. If I was at a happy hour with my African American friends or co-workers and it was used more than once, I’m quietly moving away from the conversation. Zero benefit, and potentially harm, in me being there. Ultimately it becomes impossible to universally decide who does and doesn’t get to use the n word.
  5. Hidalgo long tied herself to SJL which probably helped Hidalgo at that time, including in Hidalgo’s last election but there is a price to pay when you pick the losing side.
  6. Would someone pay off an extorter who was completely lying about an incident? It's possible to create a scenario where this would occur but it's far more likely to believe the opposite. I'm not close to the facts of this case, but isn't the entire case going to depend on Cohen's testimony and what Trump knew and arranged? Whether Trump had sex with Daniels just seems like salacious details but almost immaterial. I assume the defense isn't going to disagree that Daniels was paid off by Cohen, who may or may not have acted on Trump's explicit directions. If I'm the prosecutor, I would hate to have Cohen as one of my main witnesses. Sleazy, convicted lawyer who likes to go on TV slamming Trump but previously loved Trump when Trump was paying him. In almost every situation, Cohen has zero credibility.
  7. I used to be a regular palazzo visitor but was never treated well by my casino host. Felt like I would have to beg for comps which I refused to do. Obviously I wasn’t gambling enough to get his attention so I switched to another casino where the host would take care of me.
  8. Had great luck at Caesars craps tables this week that will pay for the next few trips. Kept pressing a hard 8. If only it had hit a 5th time.
  9. The lectern "cost" reimbursed her friend who paid for a girls' trip to Paris. However I doubt that anything comes out of this because I assume it would require a local prosecutor to go after her.
  10. Never buy something and have your employer reimburse you on each paycheck. It can work out but there are horror stories like this. I worked for an employer that wanted me to buy a work laptop, and they would reimburse me over 2 years for it. I opted out and told my boss I would log onto work email from the client's workstation that they were providing me for free. I wasn't going to buy my work laptop just to check email.
  11. I would like to see an AI alternate version where the Ghoul is replaced by Baby Billy.
  12. 1% of assets under management (AUM) is frequently quoted as a standard fee. There are different opinions out there about this fee structure, and people feel strongly about their opinions. Some people opt for what is effectively an advisor flat fee, or $/hr advised. Then you or your parents may have to perform the actual transactions with the brokerage account.
  13. The DJT stock isn't actually falling apart, it's moving towards it's actual valuation which is just very low. I'm surprised that Truth Social hasn't announced that it's moving to be an AI company. I guess that is next week's press release.
  14. Can't you just leave this info blank on the SEC filings and figure it out later to maximize profits for Trump?
  15. On TikTok I watched a legitimate review of the Trump Bible from someone who said they were an expert. First off she was perplexed at the lack of a page that provides information such as where the Bible was printed. She assumed the lack of a page meant that Trump's team didn't want to highlight that it was most likely printed in China. Second, the expert said that the leather and page quality was on par with a sub-$15 Wal-Mart Bible and not one costing $50+.
  16. I don't have any idea of the politics of most major CEOs. They're smart enough to stay neutral publicly and usually indicate that they are open to working with any Administration in the WH. The right message is that the company should want anything that is good for America and to stay away from social issues or partisan issues.
  17. Believe you're exaggerating somewhat. Dems have only been out of power for a few decades and it took them a first 10-15 years to acknowledge a problem. I'm unsure if there even is a state Democrat party at the moment. GWB and Rick Perry were standard Republicans who may have turned Texas right, but they stayed away from the direction that we're now seeing with Abbott, Goeb and Paxton. GWB and Perry were somewhat aligned with an average Texas republican. The new crew are all MAGA level crazy and that isn't aligned with the average Texan. The average Texan is just slow to react. Obviously it's was premature for some to think that Texas would flip blue in 2016-22. I agree that '24 is not there yet and may even regress some from '20 due to the Biden dementia myth.
  18. my uneducated opinion. their base models needed to keep getting cheaper. Make it so it was a dumb financial decision to not buy a Tesla. If a Model 3 could compete with a Honda Civic in price, the game would be over. the truck is beyond stupid and should have never been made. I can't imagine anyone buying it except for those wanting it for their social media content. And those influencers are a mix of Elon fan bois and people who want to hate on the truck. Elon has destroyed the brand. Previously a liberal would overpay for a Tesla because they wanted to be seen as green. Now buying a Tesla is unthinkable for someone who is on the left and somewhat politically active. Sucks for Austin that a falling company is hq'ed there and isn't the truck made there. I have to guess that Austin will experience much of the layoffs.
  19. Can you imagine the daily calls between Trump, Devin Nunes (Truth Social CEO) and the Truth's CFO/Investor lead? You know Trump is screaming at them in regards that he's unable to sell his shares and their stupid rules are costing him hundreds of millions. "I had $6B in value a few weeks ago, and now it's worth ______. F you! Fix this!" Of course, their reaction is to issue more shares to the insiders, most likely without a lockup, screwing over the other shareholders like ol' Jerry at Oklahoma Four Seasons tree trimming. From a CNBC article: There is little chance that Truth social and its DJT stock doesn't end in a massive SEC investigation. Unless Trump gets elected.
  20. This morning Truth Social (DJT) filed to issue millions of new shares to stakeholders. Presumably to insiders like Trump. Market responded by dropping DJT by 15% in pre-market trading. I bet their board will soon announce that Trump will be allowed to sell shares before the lockup (shares lockup not his personal lockup) ends. They will say it's due to Biden and his SEC punishing DJT and this is the only fair method for Trump to get his money back. Sounds like a great day for Jerry to double down on buying more. copy from above. Perhaps take out a cash advance from his credit card.
  21. I don’t see Texas flipping blue this year but we will continue the slow drip towards a blue Texas. It’s not about population shifts or Covid deaths. The drip is from the laws passed in Austin. Take school vouchers. This will kill many small schools. And while it’s actually not a red vs blue issue, the GOP and Abbott are making it a litmus test to be elected as a Republican. Small counties will remain (bright) red, even they should see a move to the left. Perhaps even with some voters just staying home. at some point in the next 10 years Texas will explode as a blue state. Abbott is seeing to it.
  22. While there are limited data points, Texas only went for Trump in ‘20 by 5.5 points. It was ~16 for Romney over Obama.
  23. Played v1 of fallout back in the 90s but recall very little. It’s hard not to compare this show to Silo on Apple TV. While I thought Fallout was more entertaining, Silo produced more of a mystery that kept me wanting more. Silo however is not as ambitious, or at least S1 of Silo.
  24. The more the Texas gop moves right, the sooner we go blue. Unfortunately they will employ cruelty to people and laughingly kick the vulnerable while we wait.
  25. Damn. A Middle East war is starting just when I lost access to CNN. Why didn’t someone ask me in advance?
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